Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

The experiment on “Effect of fungicides on Sclerotium rolfsii isolates of groundnut from Khandesh region” was conducted at Plant Pathology Section, College of Agriculture, Dhule. The results obtained are presented here under. Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) is a major edible oil seed crop of tropical and subtropical region of the world. It is the world’s fourth important source of edible oil and third important source of vegetable protein also seeds, vines and dry fodder are excellent nutrient for cattle and Rhizobium bacterial root nodule provides nitrogen status of the soil. Isolates of Sclerotium rolfsii were isolated from stem rot infected groundnut samples collected from diverse geographic locations of Khandesh region of Maharashtra and pathogenicity of all the six isolates were proved.